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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,<\/p>\n
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.<\/p>\n
Walt Whitman, Stanza 52, Song of Myself<\/p>\n
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The journey into gong fu cha continues. \u00a0Today I bought some new teas at Teavana. \u00a0Still have made no tea in my yixing teapots. \u00a0I want to be ready to do it, able to be in the moment with it and there’s been too much going on. \u00a0Probably tomorrow, too, since I plan to take soil test samples from the orchard and the vegetable garden. Maybe Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Today has been a modern and contemporary poetry day, focusing on pre-modern poets, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. \u00a0The class proceeds by reading a poem, then a video of the professor and six U. Penn students doing a collaborative close reading of it. \u00a0This is a very rich process. \u00a0I’ll post one of the videos here along with the poem, so you can see how much you can get from careful attention.<\/p>\n
This morning I sprayed brixblaster for the reproductive vegetables. \u00a0Maybe one, no more than two more. \u00a0No more drenches.<\/p>\n
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